Current Participants
Carmen De Miguel, phd
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Medicine, Div. of Nephrology
University of Alabama at Birmingham
FOCUS Small Research Project Title | Endothelin-1 and Dendritic Cells in Salt-Sensitive Hypertension
Lara Kovell, Md
Associate Professor
Dept. of Medicine, Div. of Cardiology
University of Massachusetts
FOCUS Small Research Project Title | Subclinical cardiovascular biomarkers in pregnancy with and without hypertension
Carla Lacerda, Phd
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
University of Texas at Tyler
FOCUS Small Research Project Title | Transcriptomics investigation of murine bicuspid aortic valves - effect of age and sex
FOCUS Small Research Project Title | Role of Cytosolic Phospholipase A2 in vascular wall lipid accumulation in atherosclerosis
Pearl Quijada, phd
Assistant Professor
Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology
University of California, Los Angeles
FOCUS Small Research Project Title | Transcriptomic analysis of non-cardiomyocytes in the border zone of the infarcted myocardium
FOCUS Alumni
2021-2022 Participants
Brian Aguado, phd
Assistant Professor
Department of Bioengineering
University of California, San Diego
FOCUS Small Research Project Title | Determining sex dimorphisms in valvular myofibroblasts using spatial transcriptomics
FOCUS Small Research Project Title | New approaches to mitigate radiation therapy-induced Brain-Blood Barrier disruption
Claudio Bravo, md
Assistant Professor
Department of Internal Medicine
University of Washington
FOCUS Small Research Project Title | Incidence and Outcomes of Late-Onset Right Ventricular Failure in Patients with Left Ventricular Assist Device
Marie Guerraty, md, phd
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Medicine, Div. of Cardiovascular Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
FOCUS Small Research Project Title | Developmental isoform FOG2S regulates cardiac angiogenic gene expression
Stephanie Lindsey, phd
Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
University of California, San Diego
FOCUS Small Research Project Title | Mechano-genetic Investigation of Great Vessel Formation
Luz Padilla, md
Assistant Professor
Department of Epidemiology & Surgery
University of Alabama at Birmingham
FOCUS Small Research Project Title | Inflammatory Sequelae in Kawasaki Disease Children using Electronic Medical Records
FOCUS Small Research Project Title | B Cell Subsets and Atherosclerosis in Persons with HIV
FOCUS Small Research Project Title | Preeclampsia and Offspring Neurovascular and Cognitive Dysfunction
2020-2021 Participants
FOCUS Small Research Project Title | Elucidating the Role of NOTCH1 in Impaired Cardiogenesis in Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome Using Vascularized Cardiac Tissue Derived from Human Pluripotent Stem Cells
Francisco Altamirano, phd
Assistant Professor
Department of Cardiovascular Sciences
Houston Methodist Research Institute & the Weill Cornell Medical College
FOCUS Small Research Project Title | Regulation of Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3 by Polycystin-1 in cardiomyocytes
FOCUS Small Research Project Title | Regulation of cardiac ryanodine receptors by a novel phosphorylation mechanism
FOCUS Small Research Project Title | Expression of calcium cycling proteins in fibroblast-supplemented engineered cardiac tissues
FOCUS Small Research Project Title | Chronic inflammation induced mediators of cardiac remodeling
Demetria mcneal, phd, mba
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Medicine, Div. of General Internal Medicine
University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus
FOCUS Small Research Project Title | Racial differences and the mediating effect of psychosocial stressors on antiplatelet, statin, and antihypertensive utilization and abnormal ankle-brachial index
Sam Senyo, PHD
Assistant Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Case Western Reserve University
FOCUS Small Research Project Title | De novo ECM from Hyperglycemic Fibroblasts Drives Cardiomyocyte Insulin Resistance
FOCUS Small Research Project Title | Improving diagnosis and management of structural congenital heart disease through genomic sequencing
2019-2020 Participants
FOCUS Small Research Project Title | Imaging-based prediction of surgical level of thromboembolic material in patients with CTEPH
Cerrone Foster, Phd
Associate Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
East Tennessee State University
FOCUS Small Research Project Title | The role of ceveolin-1 in the post-menopausal ischemic heart
FOCUS Small Research Project Title | Mechanism of hypoxia induced exacerbation of cerebral cavernous malformations
FOCUS Small Research Project Title | Role of cytokines and chemokines in kidney macrophage infiltration and pro-renin release in diabetes
Joshua Muia, Phd
Assistant Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology
Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences
FOCUS Small Research Project Title | Identification of novel protein substrates for the atherogenic metalloprotease ADAMTS7
Sonya Neal, PHD
Assistant Professor
School of Biological Sciences, Dept. of Cell & Developmental Biology
University of California, San Diego
FOCUS Small Research Project Title | Mechanism of cholesterol regulation by the ER protein degradation pathway
Candice Price, Phd
Program Director
Division of Cardiovascular Sciences
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
FOCUS Small Research Project Title | Investigating the effects of beverages containing high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) on gut microbiome in healthy adults
FOCUS Small Research Project Title | P21-activated kinase as a novel regulator for adiposity and cardiac function in females
Elsie Ross, Md, MSc
Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery, Department of Medicine
Stanford University
FOCUS Small Research Project Title | Toward developing automated risk stratification tools for peripheral artery disease
FOCUS Small Research Project Title | Pulmonary arterial adventitial fibroblast substrate-varying phenotype